diaperhood Sep 1st 2013, 09:34, by Equinox | | Line 8: | Line 8: | | | | | | # {{context|informal|lang=en}} The period of time for which one wears a [[diaper]] as a child; [[babyhood]]. | | # {{context|informal|lang=en}} The period of time for which one wears a [[diaper]] as a child; [[babyhood]]. | | + | #* '''1930''', Isaac Goldberg, ''Tin Pan Alley'' | | + | #*: ... "Baby's Eyes" ... "Mud-Pie Days" ... "Baby Hands" ... "Creep, Baby, Creep" ... "My Mamma Lives Up in the Sky" ... "My Mother's Kiss" ... It was the '''diaperhood''' of the Alley — a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children set to children's music. | | #* '''1992''', John Voelker, ''Trout Magic'' | | #* '''1992''', John Voelker, ''Trout Magic'' | | #*: ...all this despite the fact that I was born and raised in the same Peninsula and had been trout fishing avidly almost from '''diaperhood'''. | | #*: ...all this despite the fact that I was born and raised in the same Peninsula and had been trout fishing avidly almost from '''diaperhood'''. |
Latest revision as of 09:34, 1 September 2013 English[edit] Etymology[edit] diaper + -hood diaperhood (uncountable) - (informal) The period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.
- 1930, Isaac Goldberg, Tin Pan Alley
- ... "Baby's Eyes" ... "Mud-Pie Days" ... "Baby Hands" ... "Creep, Baby, Creep" ... "My Mamma Lives Up in the Sky" ... "My Mother's Kiss" ... It was the diaperhood of the Alley — a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children set to children's music.
- 1992, John Voelker, Trout Magic
- ...all this despite the fact that I was born and raised in the same Peninsula and had been trout fishing avidly almost from diaperhood.
- 2007 April 24, Jan Hoffman, "Treating the Awkward Years", New York Times:
- Of those teenagers who are insured and who continue to see a primary-care doctor, a vast majority remain with the pediatricians or family doctors who have cared for them since diaperhood.
Translations[edit] period of wearing diapers |